Syria crowds out immigration from congressional calendar

A protester outside the US Capitol calls for Congress to avoid intervention in Syria. The decision on whether or not to attack Syria is pushing aside other domestic issues. (NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)

Syria crowds out immigration from congressional calendar

A new U.S. immigration law at one time looked like the main thing Congress could get done this year. Syria is crippling its chances.The debates over U.S. military involvement in Syria and federal government spending are crowding an already-packed congressional calendar, leaving little time or energy for revising the nation's immigration laws, changing the tax code, passing a voting rights bill or stabilizing a money-losing U.S. Postal Service. Congress returned Monday from a five-week break."Everything else is on the back …